Bromham stay on course for promotion (From Wiltshire Times)

Bromham stay on course for promotion

3:49pm Monday 25th February 2008 in News 2007/08 By Wiltshire Times Reporter

Bromham Reserves remain three points off top spot after they beat visitors Mere Town Youth 3-0.

All of Bromham's goals came in the first 45 minutes. Tom Lester opened the scoring before Tom Slater and Olly Gee completed the score line.

Broughton Gifford 3, FC Chippenham Youth A 0

BROUGHTON Gifford maintained the status quo in the division as they also recorded a 3-0 victory, against FC Chippenham Youth A.

Leigh Rowles-Hitchcock opened the scoring for Broughton and Chris Turk made it 2-0 at the interval.

Goal number three came from an own goal midway through the second half.

Calne Eagles 1, Rowde Sports 2

CALNE Eagles went down 2-1 against Rowde Sports at Stanley Park, but were desperately unlucky not to have come away with a point in what was a very open but evenly balanced game.

Playing with the wind at their backs, Rowde had the majority of the procession in the first half. After 15 minutes, a well-worked move allowed former Devizes Town striker Jamie Mullings to net the opener.

Rowde continued to press and forced countless corners but were unable to extend their lead as Eagles defended resolutely.

The second half saw the roles reversed. Calne Eagles took control, and nearly equalised within seconds of the kick-off, when Shaun Jefferies went clean through and forced a good save from goalkeeper Ashley Robinson.

Calne's neat passing continued to cause Rowde problems and after 62 minutes Jamie Davies broke clear of the last defender. Although Ashley Robinson saved his shot, Shaun Jefferies followed up to score a simple tap-in.

Calne continued to push men forward in search of the winner and created several good chances. Danny Thompson saw his long-range shot come back off the crossbar to safety and Ashley Robinson once again saved well from Jamie Davies.

Rowde always looked dangerous on the break and they would have regained their lead from a corner but for Tom Evans' clearance off the line.

With only two minutes left, Jamie Mullings skillfully bypassed two Calne defenders and then squared the ball to Sam Weller, who scored from six yards.

Calne Eagles threw men forward in a desperate attempt to get back on level terms but Rowde held on to gain all three points.

Great Western 6, Bratton Reserves 2

THE Great Western express continues to steam on at the top of the division as they overcame Bratton.

Stuart Hynes started the scoring rout, before Russell Gibbs scored goal number two with a 30 yard thunderbolt into the top corner of the net leaving the Bratton keeper with no chance.

It was 3-0 just before the interval with Stuart Hynes grabbing his second goal of the match.

The second half started just as badly as the first did for Bratton as they found themselves four goals behind with Hynes completing his hat-trick.

Bratton then began a mini-revival as they scored through Liam Griffiths and then Ron Cunningham.

The Wolfe pack then finished off Bratton as Luke and Dave scored to complete the 6-2 score.

The Stiffs 1, Seend United Reserves 3

THE Stiffs remain bottom after they lost 3-1 at home to Seend United Reserves.

Pete Stephenson put the hosts in front only to see the match level at the interval as Ralph Plummer scored for Seend.

With the second half only a few minutes old Seend took the lead with a lobbed shot by Nick Groves.

The visitors scored their third on the hour mark as Ralph Plummer netted his second to finish off the scoring.

Trowbridge Wanderers 2, Bradford United Reserves 2

THIS mid table clash finished with honours shared.

All the goals came in the second half, with Nigel Penelhum and Jamie Moth scoring for Wanderers and and Simon Pickett and Pat Godfrey for Bradford.